pinto
13th October 2013, 08:04 PM
The stock exhaust on my ZD30 Patrol Had a 20cm split in the main muffler and was rusted away at the flex pipe so I searched for a 3 inch sports exhaust.
I found A DEA exhaust on ebay for $650 3 inch, aluminised steel, mandrel bent with high flow cat & muffler or $550 without cat plus $70 delivery.. :o
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/261283006009?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_1778wt_1030&clk_rvr_id=530885070921#ht_1768wt_1255
Pipe arrived in 2 days Melbourne to Sydney. Fitting the pipe myself saved me $250 :animierte-smilies-t
I cut the old rotted exhaust off with an angle grinder but I had to remove the gearbox cross member to get to the rotted exhaust mount next to the gearbox.
DEA Exhaust was a simple bolt on fit with everything lining up beautifully :bowdown:
First drive : Patrol moved away nicely with a nice exhaust note. It was always sluggish moving of from a standing start. Turbo spools up quicker as well.
The next day a trip to Wisemans ferry the patrol had improved torque powering out of corners as well as climbing hills plus a nice turbo whistle when backing off..
Exhaust temp was down as well.
Run back to Sydney on the Newcastle expressway patrol sat nicely on 110 km without excessive exhaust noise and without the auto box changing down as much on the hills like it did before plus slightly better fuel consumption .
I am very pleased with this Value for money Exhaust pipe.
PS I also found Stainless steel 3 inch pipes on ebay for under 1K
I found A DEA exhaust on ebay for $650 3 inch, aluminised steel, mandrel bent with high flow cat & muffler or $550 without cat plus $70 delivery.. :o
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/261283006009?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_1778wt_1030&clk_rvr_id=530885070921#ht_1768wt_1255
Pipe arrived in 2 days Melbourne to Sydney. Fitting the pipe myself saved me $250 :animierte-smilies-t
I cut the old rotted exhaust off with an angle grinder but I had to remove the gearbox cross member to get to the rotted exhaust mount next to the gearbox.
DEA Exhaust was a simple bolt on fit with everything lining up beautifully :bowdown:
First drive : Patrol moved away nicely with a nice exhaust note. It was always sluggish moving of from a standing start. Turbo spools up quicker as well.
The next day a trip to Wisemans ferry the patrol had improved torque powering out of corners as well as climbing hills plus a nice turbo whistle when backing off..
Exhaust temp was down as well.
Run back to Sydney on the Newcastle expressway patrol sat nicely on 110 km without excessive exhaust noise and without the auto box changing down as much on the hills like it did before plus slightly better fuel consumption .
I am very pleased with this Value for money Exhaust pipe.
PS I also found Stainless steel 3 inch pipes on ebay for under 1K